Metro Classic Conference

The Metro Classic Conference is a high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in southeastern Wisconsin. Formed in 2012 and consisting entirely of private schools, all members belong to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

The Metro Classic Conference was founded in 2012, the result of a split between member schools in the larger Midwest Classic Conference. Eight schools left the conference that year: Catholic Central in Burlington, Dominican in Whitefish Bay, Martin Luther in Greendale, Racine Lutheran, Shoreland Lutheran in Somers, St. Catherine's in Racine, St. Joseph in Kenosha and The Prairie School in Wind Point. St. Thomas More High School in Milwaukee, who had just left the Woodland Conference, rounded out the loop's original membership roster at nine schools.^[1] The conference was named after the old Metro Conference, a WISAA-sponsored conference that existed from 1974 to 1997 and counted four former members (Dominican, St. Catherine's, St. Joseph and St. Thomas More) in the new conference. Aside from Burlington Catholic Central's exit from the conference to return to the Midwest Classic,^[2] the Metro Classic Conference has held the same membership throughout its existence.

Football

The Metro Classic Conference has sponsored football since its founding, with all members participating except for The Prairie School, which has never offered football as an interscholastic sport. Major changes came to the conference's football alignment after the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association and the WIAA unveiled a realignment plan for Wisconsin high school football to begin with the 2020 football season and run on a two-year cycle.^[3] Half of the conference's eight-member football lineup was retained, (Martin Luther, Shoreland Lutheran, St. Catherine's and St. Thomas More) with the other half (Catholic Central, Dominican, Racine Lutheran and St. Joseph) moving over to the Midwest Classic Conference. The four exiting schools were replaced by three schools from the Midwest Classic (Lake Country Lutheran, St. Francis and University School) and Brown Deer of the Woodland Conference.^[4] St. Francis left the Metro Classic's football roster to return to the Midwest Classic Conference for the 2022-2023 competition cycle and were replaced with former Capitol Conference members Luther Prep of Watertown.^[5] This alignment remained intact for the 2024-2025 cycle,^[6] and University School will be swapping affiliations with the Shorewood/Messmer/Dominican football cooperative in 2026, with the former joining the Midwest Classic Conference.^[7]

List of member schools

Current members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Joined
Dominican	Whitefish Bay, WI	Private (Catholic, Sinsinawa Dominicans)	306^[8]	Knights	2012^[1]
Martin Luther	Greendale, WI	Private (LCMS)	667^[9]	Spartans	2012^[1]
Racine Lutheran	Racine, WI	Private (LCMS)	345^[10]	Crusaders	2012^[1]
Shoreland Lutheran	Somers, WI	Private (WELS)	443^[11]	Pacers	2012^[1]
St. Catherine's	Racine, WI	Private (Catholic, Racine Dominicans)	449^[12]	Angels	2012^[1]
St. Joseph	Kenosha, WI	Private (Catholic)	210^[13]	Lancers	2012^[1]
St. Thomas More	Milwaukee, WI	Private (Catholic)	581^[14]	Cavaliers	2012^[1]
The Prairie School	Wind Point, WI	Private (Nonsectarian)	217^[15]	Hawks	2012^[1]

Current associate members

School	Location	Affiliation	Mascot	Primary Conference	Sport(s)
Brown Deer	Brown Deer, WI	Public	Falcons	Woodland	Football
Lake Country Lutheran	Hartland, WI	Private (LCMS)	Lightning	Midwest Classic	Football
Luther Prep	Watertown, WI	Private (WELS)	Phoenix	Midwest Classic	Football
University School	River Hills, WI	Private (Nonsectarian)	Wildcats	Midwest Classic	Football

Future associate members

School	Location	Affiliation	Mascot	Colors	Primary Conference	Sport(s)	Joining
Shorewood	Shorewood, WI	Public	Greyhounds		Woodland	Football^[a]	2026^[7]

Notes

^ Co-operative with Dominican and Messmer

Former members

School	Location	Affiliation	Mascot	Colors	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Catholic Central	Burlington, WI	Private (Catholic)	Hilltoppers		2012^[1]	2023^[2]	Midwest Classic

Former football-only members

School	Location	Affiliation	Mascot	Colors	Seasons	Primary Conference
St. Francis	St. Francis, WI	Public	Mariners		2020-2021	Midwest Classic

Membership timeline

Full members

Football members

Membership map

Metro Classic Conference

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Baseball	Boys Basketball	Girls Basketball	Boys Cross Country	Girls Cross Country	Football	Boys Golf	Boys Soccer	Girls Soccer	Softball	Boys Tennis	Girls Tennis	Boys Track & Field	Girls Track & Field	Girls Volleyball	Boys Wrestling	Girls Wrestling
Dominican	X	X	X	X^[a]	X^[a]		X	X	X	X	X^[a]	X	X^[a]	X	X
Martin Luther	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Racine Lutheran	X^[b]	X	X	X	X			X	X	X			X	X	X
Shoreland Lutheran	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
St. Catherine's	X	X	X	X	X	X	X^[c]	X	X	X	X^[c]	X^[c]	X	X	X	X^[c]	X^[c]
St. Joseph	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X^[d]	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
St. Thomas More	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
The Prairie School		X	X	X	X			X	X		X	X	X	X	X

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Co-operative with Eastbrook Academy
^ Co-operative with The Prairie School
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Co-operative with Racine Lutheran
^ Co-operative with Christian Life

List of state champions

Fall sports

Football
School	Year	Division
St. Catherine's	2018	Division 4
St. Catherine's	2024	Division 4

Girls Golf
School	Year	Division
The Prairie School	2015	Division 2
The Prairie School	2016	Division 2

Boys Soccer
School	Year	Division
The Prairie School	2014	Division 4
St. Catherine's	2016	Division 4
The Prairie School	2017	Division 4
The Prairie School	2020	Division 3
Shoreland Lutheran	2023	Division 4

Girls Volleyball
School	Year	Division
Catholic Central	2012	Division 4
Catholic Central	2018	Division 4
Catholic Central	2020	Division 4

Winter sports

Boys Basketball
School	Year	Division
Dominican	2013	Division 4
Dominican	2014	Division 4
Dominican	2015	Division 4
Dominican	2016	Division 4
Martin Luther	2019	Division 3
St. Catherine's	2021	Division 3
St. Thomas More	2024	Division 3

Spring sports

Baseball
School	Year	Division
St. Joseph	2021	Division 3

Girls Soccer
School	Year	Division
The Prairie School	2016	Division 4
St. Joseph	2018	Division 4
The Prairie School	2019	Division 4

Boys Tennis
School	Year	Division
The Prairie School	2017	Division 2

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

School	Quantity	Years
St. Catherine's	6	2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025
Dominican	4	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Martin Luther	2	2017, 2019
Racine Lutheran	2	2025, 2026
St. Thomas More	2	2022, 2024
The Prairie School	2	2017, 2018
Catholic Central	0
Shoreland Lutheran	0
St. Joseph	0

Girls Basketball

School	Quantity	Years
The Prairie School	6	2013, 2014, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Martin Luther	3	2017, 2018, 2021
Racine Lutheran	3	2019, 2020, 2021
Dominican	2	2023, 2026
St. Joseph	2	2015, 2016
Shoreland Lutheran	1	2019
St. Catherine's	1	2013
Catholic Central	0
St. Thomas More	0

Football

School	Quantity	Years
St. Catherine's	9	2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025
Lake Country Lutheran	3	2021, 2023, 2025
Martin Luther	2	2020, 2022
Catholic Central	1	2015
Luther Prep	1	2023
Racine Lutheran	1	2019
Brown Deer	0
Dominican	0
Shoreland Lutheran	0
St. Francis	0
St. Joseph	0
St. Thomas More	0
University School	0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "New eras kick off all around". Kenosha News. August 14, 2012. pp. B1. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
^ ^a ^b Jackel, Peter (November 25, 2023). "Taking on a new challenge". Racine Journal Times. pp. B1. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
^ "Revised Football-Only Conference Plan Released". Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. February 9, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
^ "WFCA/WIAA Football-Only Realignment Proposal" (PDF). Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. February 6, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
^ "Proposed Football Only Conference Alignment - 11-Player" (PDF). Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. February 11, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
^ "2024-25 Conference Realignment Plan – 11-Player Football" (PDF). Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. December 14, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "2026 - 27 Conference Realignment – 11-Player Football" (PDF). Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. April 23, 2025. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
^ "Dominican". WIAA School Database. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
^ "Martin Luther". WIAA School Database. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
^ "Racine Lutheran". WIAA School Database. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
^ "Shoreland Lutheran". WIAA School Database. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
^ "Racine St. Catherine's". WIAA School Database. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
^ "Kenosha St. Joseph Catholic". WIAA School Database. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
^ "Saint Thomas More". WIAA School Database. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
^ "The Prairie School". WIAA School Database. Retrieved January 21, 2026.

External links

Metro Classic Conference (official website)

[16] Co-operative with Dominican and Messmer

[eastbrookacademy-17] Co-operative with Eastbrook Academy

[theprairieschool-18] Co-operative with The Prairie School

[racinelutheran-19] Co-operative with Racine Lutheran

[20] Co-operative with Christian Life

[Founding-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "New eras kick off all around". Kenosha News. August 14, 2012. pp. B1. Retrieved January 9, 2025.

[2023_Catholic_Central-2] Jackel, Peter (November 25, 2023). "Taking on a new challenge". Racine Journal Times. pp. B1. Retrieved January 9, 2025.

[3] "Revised Football-Only Conference Plan Released". Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. February 9, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2025.

[4] "WFCA/WIAA Football-Only Realignment Proposal" (PDF). Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. February 6, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2025.

[5] "Proposed Football Only Conference Alignment - 11-Player" (PDF). Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. February 11, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2025.

[6] "2024-25 Conference Realignment Plan – 11-Player Football" (PDF). Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. December 14, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2025.

[:0-7] "2026 - 27 Conference Realignment – 11-Player Football" (PDF). Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. April 23, 2025. Retrieved July 22, 2025.

[8] "Dominican". WIAA School Database. Retrieved January 21, 2026.

[9] "Martin Luther". WIAA School Database. Retrieved January 21, 2026.

[10] "Racine Lutheran". WIAA School Database. Retrieved January 21, 2026.

[11] "Shoreland Lutheran". WIAA School Database. Retrieved January 21, 2026.

[12] "Racine St. Catherine's". WIAA School Database. Retrieved January 21, 2026.

[13] "Kenosha St. Joseph Catholic". WIAA School Database. Retrieved January 21, 2026.

[14] "Saint Thomas More". WIAA School Database. Retrieved January 21, 2026.

[15] "The Prairie School". WIAA School Database. Retrieved January 21, 2026.

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